Millets have a big part in the diets of people across the nation today. They have gained popularity due to qualities including drought resilience, strong yielding in dry places, and good nutritional properties. Pesticides and fumigants are not necessary for millets. More than one-third of people on Earth have been found to consume millets. Millet have been grown traditionally for many years and are consumed all over the world; the majority of the millet crop grown commercially worldwide is produced in China, India, Greece, Egypt, and Africa. India is currently the fifth-largest exporter of millets worldwide, with a CAGR of 4.49% during an eight-year period, from 2021 to 2029. The market for millet is projected to grow from $ 9 billion in 2019 to $ 14.14 billion in 2028. Except for teff and fonio, India is home to many other leading millet crops. The current markets for drought-tolerant millet are in the urban, nutritional, and functional sectors (APEDA, 2020). The majority of millets grown for human consumption in rural areas, such as finger millet, sorghum, etc., are utilized as animal feed. Amazing nutritional and health-promoting qualities may be found in millet. Millets are also well known for offering numerous security benefits, including food, nutrition, livelihood, animal feed, and other things, making them an agricultural security crop. Millets contain a large number of micronutrients, such as vitamins and beta carotene, which are employed in the nutraceutical industry. Millet is rich with phytochemical, having therapeutic and health‐promoting effects, specifically in terms of life style disorders like diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases etc.